Fate-Guided Treasure Hunting, the Unexpected Ten-Thousand-Year Green Spirit Vine

"Hu Gan, what's going on with this year's Inner Academy Selection Competition? How can three of the top five still be Dou Shi? Has the academy's intake declined to such a state?"

Seeing that only Bai Ge and Xiao Xun'er among the five had reached the Great Dou Master level, while the other three were all Dou Shi—something that had never happened before—one of the gray-robed men could not help asking Hu Gan in a hoarse voice.

"Ahem, well... the academy's intake is perfectly normal. There were just some minor issues with this year's Inner Academy Selection Competition."

Hu Gan coughed awkwardly several times.

If they had followed the previous round-robin format, such an oversight could never have occurred.

But because he had changed the round-robin format into a massive free-for-all Knockout System, Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hujia, who should have made it through, had been eliminated early.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and the other two had luckily remained until the end, becoming the top five of the selection competition.

It was all Hu Gan's fault.

So when he heard the gray-robed man's question, Hu Gan could not help feeling somewhat guilty.

However, after hearing Hu Gan's explanation, though it was somewhat vague, the gray-robed man stopped asking once he learned that there was no issue with the academy's intake.

"Although three of the little ones are somewhat lacking, the other two are quite impressive. They're so young—they should have only just come of age, yet they've already reached the Great Dou Master level. I have never seen such talent before."

After Hu Gan finished explaining, another gray-robed man suddenly spoke, his slightly hoarse voice filled with admiration.

"Oh?"

The other gray-robed man was somewhat surprised by his words.

But after carefully sensing them and finding that it was indeed